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April 02, 2014

saying goodbye

I began Apron Thrift Girl in what feels like a lifetime ago. It started one cold, June (it was Seattle after all) night. My blog became a wonderful place to create, to share, to meet incredible people and it taught me so much about life. I learned how to take photos properly, how to design banners and buttons, how to buy & sell thrifted finds and how to write from my heart. You are an incredibly, receptive audience and it actually did wonders for my self-esteem.

During the last couple of years, really starting with my mother's death, my heart and soul lost a lot of life. In fact I'm still in a sad place which is really why I'm writing this final blog post on ATG. I need a fresh start. The girl of ATG feels long gone. I've done a lot of growing up in these last 8 years and I'm ready for something new. I wanted a blog and business that really reflected the woman that I have become. I'm still young at heart but my outlook on life has been altered a bit by death and sadness. I think that is why I have chosen to create Antique Curators. I want to really explore my passion with buying and selling antiques. It's a deeper side of the business that explores the history of the items we buy, why we buy it and how we display these trinkets of the past.

For me it isn't about simply making money. If it were I wouldn't be buying vintage gummed labels and old aluminum glitter. I make very little profit off of these items and yet they bring me so much pleasure. A satisfaction that is even difficult to put into words. It's about saving vintage items, cleaning them up or repackaging them and finding the perfect home. I suppose I'd rather be buying paintings that I could sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars but when I walk into a house I buy what feels good to my soul. Does that make sense? People wonder how I sell certain items at the collective I'm in. I guess they are baffled at what can sell vs your old school antique items. My explanation is simple; I buy and sell what I love. I figure that if I love something enough, maybe other people will love it too. Overall this has worked for me.

So here is an introduction to my new thrift world:

A Variety of Subjects will be discussed at Antique Curators

Antiques & Vintage

Selling & Marketing

Displaying Inventory and/or Collections

Repurposing

Refinishing/Painting

The Stories behind the Antiques

Caring and Preserving Antiques & Collectibles

I'm excited about this change. I hope that writing and sharing again will spark a flame inside me and wake me back up.

I want to thank you all for your support on ATG. Your emails, comments, purchases and sharing your own Thrift Share Monday posts have all been so appreciated. I hope you'll join me on my new adventures. Thanks again and much love.

Thank you for writing this 'good bye'. I have been wondering how you were doing, and what was up in your life. I am so glad that you have found inspiration for a new blog, congratulations! You are a dear person and your posts on ATG were amazing. Good Luck! Of course I'll add your new blog to my reader.

I'm sorry to hear read you've been in sad place and saying good bye to ATG. It was here that we met before I moved over to this side of the water. :) Your new spot looks fantastic and I hope you have more sunny days ahead.

I will really miss Apron Thrift Girl. It's been so much fun to follow your thrifting and other adventures and to get to know you a bit through this blog. Being able to actually visit the Antique Society and see your treasures in person was brilliant, especially when I bumped into you at the store. I've learned a lot here, and found a certain amount of inspiration as well.

Here's wishing you the best with your new project and all your endeavors!